borers during the first year, no injury seems to have resulted. 

 Good sound untreated redwood posts set with the eucalyi)tus posts 

 show very shght decay at this time. 



The writer recognizes that the resuks reported in these tests 

 are obtained under rather insufficient data to be exhaustive. In 

 the first place there are too few specimens available for exami- 

 nation and secondly the method of examination is hardly ade- 

 quate. As in these examinations the posts were bared of the first 

 foot of all soil and the condition as there noted recorded, con- 

 templated changes in fencing during the coming year will re- 

 quire that the posts will be removed bodily, thus permitting" of a 

 thorough examination. 



On the whole, I think the experiment as it stands demon- 

 strates the value of creosoting over all other methods tried. Not 

 alone is this material a very efifective preservative, but it is easily 

 applied, and the cost is not prohibitive. I shoidd certainly recom- 

 mend creosoting at the cost of 12^ cents per post. It is some- 

 what doubtful whether the cost of peeling at 5 cents per post is 

 justifiable except it be for appearance. Especially since little 

 damage was done the posts other than marring the surface. 



I trust that the Division of Forestry may see fit to cooperate 

 with the college in planning a more exhaustive experiment along 

 this line as was suggested some time ago. This would seem an 

 especially opportune time as the college farm contemplates an 

 extensive system of fencing in the near future. 



F. G. Krauss, 

 Professor of Agronomy. 



The College of Flawaii, Honolulu, 1 lawaii, ]\Iarch 30, 1914. 



///A'7-.S" TO ONION G ROWERS. 



.Some hints on the growing and shij^jMug of onions are given 

 by the Ai^ricultural Xcii's, being mainly from a circular ])re]xired 

 by the curator of the botanic station, Antigua, Leeward Islands. 

 The article says in part : 



"As regards seeds, these should not be kc])l in pai)cr pai'cels, 

 tliough they may be stored in air-tight receptacles for a i)eriod of 

 a few months. In connection with the nursery work, beds should 

 be prepared before the arrival of seed in order that the soil may 

 'cool out'; to kee]) ants away from seed, kerosene shoubl be 

 applied to the bed before germination, not after. .\s regards 

 watering, a good sf)aking every three i>r four days gives better 

 results than daily si)rinkling, and the water should not be ap])Iied 

 after 8 a. m. In trans])lanting, the laborers must be carefully 

 watched to prevent their damaging the young plants by careless 

 handling. 



"Onions are liable to thi' attacks of caterpillars. To check this, 



